Nemnich, Gerhart "Gert"
- Date of birth:
- November 10th, 1912 (Pinneberg/Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
- Date of death:
- March 15th, 1945 (Zepplin-Güstrow/Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany)
- Nationality:
- German (1933-1945, Third Reich)
Biography
Promotions:
April 1st, 1936: Fahnenjunker;
April 1st, 1937: Leutnant;
?: Oberleutnant;
September 12th, 1942: Hauptmann;
July 1st, 1943: Major.
Career:
1931: Hitlerjugend;
October 26th, 1935: Pionier-Bataillon 20, Harburg;
May 1st, 1940: Pionier Waffenschule, Dessau-Rosslau;
January 23rd, 1941: Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 19;
May 1942: Chef, 2. Kompanie, Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 19;
November 21st, 1942: Kommandeur, Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 19;
1944: Chef des Stabes, Pionierführer des Ersatzheeres, Oberkommando des Heeres.
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Eisernes Kreuz 2. Klasse
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Stab, Pionier-Bataillon 20, 20. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- September 29th, 1939
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Stab, Pionier-Bataillon 20, 20. Infanterie-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- June 7th, 1940
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Führer, 2. Kompanie, Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 19, 19. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- February 11th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Führer, 2. Kompanie, Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 19, 19. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- February 28th, 1942
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Oberleutnant (1st Lieutenant)
- Unit:
- Chef, 2. Kompanie, Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 19, 19. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- October 5th, 1942
"For his outstanding achievements on the battlefield near Suseja on August 11th, 1942"
1232nd Award.
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Hauptmann (Captain)
- Unit:
- Kommandeur, Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 19, 19. Panzer-Division, Heer
- Awarded on:
- July 15th, 1943
"During the start of the battle of Kursk, along the front of the III. Panzer-Korps, Hauptmann Nemnich attacked across the Donez river with two of his Pionier-Kompanien. With these forces he eliminated 56 Soviet bunkers and their crews after heavy fighting. Following this action (which enabled his Division to cross the Donez here) he beat off a strong Soviet attack into the flank of the follow-up Kampfgruppen and even managed to push this defeated force back. For these actions he would be decorated with the Knight’s Cross."
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo: Ritterkreuznachlass Major Gerhart Nemnich Kommandeur des Pz.Pi.Btl 19
- - DÖRR, M., Die Inhaber der Anerkennungsurkunde des Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres 1941-1945, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück, 1993.
- FELLGIEBEL, W.P., Elite of theThird Reich, Helion & Company Limited, Solihull, 2003.
- LODIEU, D., III. Pz Korps at Kursk, Histoire & Collections, 2007.
- PATZWALL, K. & SCHERZER, V., Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941-1945, Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, Norderstedt, 2001.
- SCHERZER, VEIT, Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945, VDM Heinz Nickel, Zweibrücken, 2015.
- Axis History Forum via Awardholders / unit
- Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939-1945
- Ritterkreuznachlass Major Gerhart Nemnich Kommandeur des Pz.Pi.Btl 19
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